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10 , N11 6 1, - CAN S SPEECH AT LISBON, IN ISM (From the John Bull.) It does seem, and we do not speak our opinion alone, that amo?t9tap/eliotts degree of expedition has been psed in commencing what is UM verbally called a war—of edurse a war with , Spain in defence of Portugal, justified is a . t .,,,, .finipteta' 1 tue4surc, only by the neeessity,of keeping a'due, t„,,seasintable, tend cautionary force on foot, in . company With r.fsnether Ally. But,really, and with all deference we say it, . , ')t ,seems at present that Spain neither has committed any , lict:uf, a4gression on Portugal, nor France' hesitated most . o.xplicitly to •declare its determination not to suppore her if She did. So that either the force just - dispatched am . England will have to take a ,decided cart in the intt nal dissenilons of Portugal, and help the Liberals. to Oda the i h • Conittitutii»t down the throats of the people against eir will, or else have nothing to do but march down th hill which they have so expensively 'marched up, and clothe back at:so - much per ton to the barracks und quarters winch ' they need not have left. ' i That Mr. Canning, who is to receive all' the praisi or H : beat 'all.- the . blame of this expeditiOn,is consistentland ".. ' stAiumitin'his feelings towards Portugal, may be seen by. . • the following speech, which that Right Honourable gen . , *lemon delivered after is dinner given him by the British ' t pe -- ; merchants' at Lisbon, on the 2d .:of. April, 1816,. nt 'the': occasion of his health being drunklt ,is a hi ppy . . : piece of :oratory imd , proves beyond every thing else, hat Portugal is the Right Honourable Gentleman's ho by. The, speech Intabeen,nomeh sought after, and we ther ore give it•entire 7. ! --, . ) ' z. • '‘'l am. deeply sensible, Gentlemen, of the honour one to me by this Meeting, and I am highly flattered by the sentiments with which yon have been pleased to co ple .my name. , " To have been, a disciple of Mr. Pitt, and to have .Ifeen a sharer in thorn Councils in which originated the struggle for the salvation of Portugal, are the two circumstances in • , my political'life, on which, if' on any, I look buck pith , Pride : andgratification. . ''lt'is a pride to the to have imbibed tin: principhis of Mi.''Pitt, and a fottifieation to receive your testimon of the just application of those principles to the measure by ;"'',' *What's country was SHV ed i principles of Which the -"': "cherticteristie•yees, to cherish order and industry at h e, `'' as thetrile sources of commercial opulence and Heti nal • strength iabrotid, to consider the peace and . power nd , . • safety of Great Britain as bound tip with the Seeurit of ~:ctlist• nations. , " Prom this system of internal and external policy, Gti, Britain derived th e ' n fe ans , a nd i m po se d . upon her the d t, of Sustaining the long contest with Fra nce , w hi c h p reee e the war of the Peninsula. " Itt punmunee of that those who bad the diAO.O- tion-:of the British Councils at the moment when the grasping hand' of Prance was extended to seize the cram' liberties of Portugal, did not hesitate to fly to ber;lis aistatree; the good-sense, the feeling, awl the generoslty of the British, Nation went with 'their Government in he . ondertaking.!' But sanguine and > visionary enthusiast I %yell remember, were they deemed to be, who thouot, hat from the struggle for Portugal might issue the de , iverance of Europe I Such an enthusiast I was, and id waya,,avowed myself to be. I made this' avowal evenlin . (,,,Ones when the contest was most doubtful, and, by may, .414, to be desperate. 'Prue it • was,:that clouds and darkness occasionally gathered on the horizon ; but, even throughthose clouds, can4,throuh that - darkness I saw, or fondly fancied .I s4v, 'of light which , promised to pierce the gloom, and ~.:I ' ifijiglttitererifter lighten all the nation. " It is not at this time of day, or on this spot, that I imcalled upon to justify these hopes against the implicit nort of cxtravegance. .AVhether.as a just and. natural con " 11 400 of perstiOrance itl a. good cause, or whether by the Special favourer Providence, true it is, in fact, tlitit from thiß mink of litirnpe procestled that impulse y which irri mightiest kingdoms have been set free ! ' true t 1 . that in tIOS 4tQl null impromi s i ug soil, was deposit d c Seed Of that siemity, whom!' !moieties now overshot! mankind % Vona these recollection, and ov,ociations the 'tva are mumbled.. tlerivc:t err animating "oriel ersiSle interest even ill the eyes of the most indifferent obsert!er. For my own part, I cannot vi e w thi s c 4, nv,whie so many months of horror and anxiety, the hopeS Of Europe lay trembling fOr their doom. I could not traverse those mighty fasppisesof, mature 'which fen4e this capital, thosejnilwartiliebind Which Victory herself retliiitta new plink her Wings' for a flight more soaring{ end more snstained contd not eontemplato those, holy , tittiftepattionget which I have beet wandering, Where curiosity 'pauses to imptire whether the s ur roun di n g °!distruction Mut' bent Wrought by ancient convulsions of 'nature, or by theiportive sacrilege and barbarous intdig. 'vary of the foe:' '=cannot behold the traces of desolation itithii country, mid, of suffering among the people, without . rendering's- just homage to :the character of a nation, which, by allthat it, htl4 'dobe, and more, by all that it has endured, has raised itself to a pitch of moral eminence sorer beyond the proportion of its territory, population, or power. " I cannot consider all these things without blessing that . wise attic beneficent policy, which brought 'England With timely 'Speed to the aid of such it nation, to cull . forth its energies- , -to marshal its resources—to support ;:''grid invigorate its unyielding conititney—awl, after its own -: - deliverance was aeldeVed to lead it. forth in pursuit of its . . oppreotser. . • " To have fought together in such a cause—to have mingled bannera, and to have mingled blood in battles of Filth interests, and leading to such results . , must undoubt -ediy eementun eternal union between the British and Per. uvula Nations, • • "'Vette/ill observe, Gentlemen, that lam anxious to state the principle of our connexion, and of our claims, upon each other, in terms, not of comparison, but of equality. I do so with sincerity, because I believe. that statement to be.itutt--1 might' do so from policy, - even if I doubted of its justness. . . "'Portugal would not have been staved without Eng land, it is true ; but Portugal was to England a main instrument for the mightier task Which England had to perform. " brought' hither Councils, arnw, and British disci and British valolr ; we found, here willing hearts and ,f;:aotive.,hands- 7 4 confiding. Government—a people brave AO enduring, docile_ in instruction,faithful ut fol lowing, patient under privations, not to be subdued by disattet, and .riot to be intoxicated by tiIICCONS: The ono of England was the fever that'wrendied the power of Bo naparte from its bask; - :Portugal was the fulcrum on whiol that lever Mtived . England fanned and fed thc sacred but Portugal bad already reared the altar on whichlE4 fire was kindled, and from which it mounted, ,brightening and , until the world wit.% illumined with the blaze._ I have said that, :natives from of poli c y, I wou ld km , mu d ) / equal as possible the balance between Por turP qd nud England. There is a principl e.o f disunion in 'unequal connexions. Active heat fistnce. la a virtue of easier practice than forbearance after having' ,conferred, or than thanlifoincvs after having received, a 611044 I know not, indeed, wht‘ , ther"it be u greater and more difficult or _ irente of magnanimity for the one, party to act Ns if he bad forgot:Len, or for the other as if he constantly remembered the,nbligation. " On' the part of Great Britain, let us bear in mind, that. tin. feelings to which we addressed ourselves in Por. togoi, were those of national pride and independence. If those feelingit were found equal to the occasion, what wonder, or what regret, that they shO u ld h ave aurViVed ? It: natiirally to b'e expected, that having accomplished tin overtlaotV of its enemies, the genius of the nation should carry itself with somewhat, of a bolder and freer port, even tow a rd s i ts f r i en d s . We have nosight to feel this sorely—rit.WOeld be. neither just nor becoming in us to tit so. 'We sheald respect, even in its excess, an hale• pendenee that We 4yo vindicated, and should pardon even to the waywardness or!, spirit Nwhicii we.have raised. " To Portugal, on the other hand, I would say that then is no htuniliation in the owit i,„„ t o f „won, gratis tude; that a grateful mind is at once indebted and dis chaiged, and recovers its level, by a just acknowledgment that there is no room for either commercial or political jealousy between Great Britain and Portugal—that the world is large enough both for Portuguese and British Commerce ; and that Great Britain, while she has never been wanting to her Ally in time of need, seeks no other reward for all her exertiornk and all her sacrifices, than mte , tual confidence ,and common prosperity. lam sure that 1 fihsfl bOightly bnderetood, by all those in whose presenee I speakOiof only as to my meaning, but as to my motives. The delicacy of the situation in which the local Govern ment of this kingdom is placed; the weight of their re sponsibility, and the anxiety which (as I have witnessed) necessarily attends it, entitle them to peculiar considera tion. I have no fear of their disavowing the ,assurance which I give , -(on of their friendly disposition t owar d s t hi s Meeting; and I venture, therefore, .to propose to you, Gentlemen, in the confidence that you will receive it cor dially, and that your cordiality Will be duly estiMated.and returned—' The health of their Excellencies the Gover nors of the kingdoin.' " . MANNERS OF THE PORTUGUESE. At Mafra, twenty miles from Lisbon, a friend and my 'self had taken a ride to view the celebrated convent there, which is the Escurial of Portugal. In the middle of a meal we heard the bells, and instantly ran out to moss. The congregation consisted of a' great number of men, in thick brown cloaks, each on his knees, holding upright an immense long stick, with a goad at the top, which stick is a weapo n , as well as a tool. Near th e a lt ar a L a dy o f `Quality with her daughters were kneeling. After mass the lady retired to her otriage, which was worse than the worst English : hackney coach, drawn by a'yoke of oxen, and directed by a coachman with one of the long sticks for it whip. On'our return to'the inn—if inn it could be called, we overheard our landlady upbraiding the landlord for furnish ing us with any,refreshment, as we were heretics, but he justilied_himself by assuring her that he was certaittwe were Irishmen, and good Catholics, for that we left our meal and ran to mass the moment we heard the bells : this' silenced lier It may appear 'somewhat knowing in the landlord, that be should distiguish between Irish Catholics and English heretics; but this was in consequence of the Irish soldiers, in the British army attending mass when in Portugal, while the. Protestant soldiers attended the regimental Chaplain. The noble and wealthy, might lead the way to reform, but the majority of them are es bad as the lowest peasants. A friend of mine had to wait on a Portuguese Marchioness, at her quinta or country-seat. He found the Marchioness sitting on the floor, with her head -in her mother's lap, and her daughter's head in her own; the party was em ployed in combing heads, &c. A Noble Portuguese,; in whose company I often dined, used regularly to smoke his cigar, and spit on the floor, directly after dinner, Ond his mother, on paying him a visit, in my presence, squat ted herself dow n on t h e stone s l a b o f a b a l cony looking. into the public street, anti began spitting es elegantlyas her son, which she - continued all the while she remained. The late King of Portugal would, without scruple, when pressed inconveniently, go to the public balcony, facing a public square full of people, and pour out Water.. Marty of the Nobility can neither read nor write, and I have seen the noblest 'and the bravest of the Peers and Generals sweating under the load of an image in a procession, with the most fervent devotion. I also recollect a Portuguese gentleman, who was Much more, enlightened than is coat mon, remarking severely 0n the superstitions of his coup trymen, and on the ridiculous ideas respecting a certain image; bnt on leaving my party, his conscience twitted him, and he anxiously observed, thet although many fool ish things were `certainly. said of the image, yet he feltit a duty to observe:. that he did not disrespect the image itself,--for that it .certainly did work miracles. These then, are th e w ea lthy an d t h e N o bl e , w h o are to lead the public opinion, and they will assuredly lead it in the di rection which they are bid by the priests. But, I am falling into the anglicism myself, of talking about public opinion —Sir, there is no public opinion in Portugal. There is an opinion among the few, but they are like a drop.of water in the ocean ; and as for the rest, their opinion is the opinion of the priests; and they feel no interest in politics except as connected with religion, dictated by the priests, or roused by the n a ti ona l an tip at h y ta eiery thing Spa n i s h. Even in the eitieseven in Lis bon at the opera—the audience cry " Long live the abso lute King," or " Long live the Constitution," which ever happens to be ,the order of the day, without caring or thinking one moment of the merits of either. Were Spaniards to invade Portugal, or were French men-to do so, they would, especially the former, have to ebeobbter inveterate antipathy, hitt that antipathy is alto `*ether a matter of feeling, not of Opinion : the great mass of the common people utterly detest the French, but no . words —no, not even the emphati c execration's of the Po t• tuguese language, can express the awful, and even diabo lical hatred, and even infernal inveteracy of the people of Portugal against every thin g Spanish. Were the pseudo 'loyalists to bring Spaniards into Portugal, they would ruin their cause, but it is of Portuguese rebels that the present invading army consists. If spatilards and Frenchmen invade Portugal, we may safely reckon that the whole Portuguese population will rally with ardent enthusiasm around the British standard—.. aye prie:hn and 'Phis last remark is qUite correct.-1 speak from per. !tonal observation, • The Portuguese priest and the Poi= tugtese peasant equally look on fs Spaniard as a being to be more detested than Satan. GREECE. Extract, of a letter from Dr. 8. G. Howe, a highly re. ipectable American, well known in Greece Napoli di Tturnania, July S. Ah'expression in your last letter pained me much. You say " many who were formerly enthusiastically attached to the Gleek,cause,now say they believe them less entitled to sympathy than the Thrice." This is doing them much injustice, though I ion forced, to say, that many of them justify such an opinion; but there are redeeming spirits—. there are men who would honour any cause, any country do not believre those who may denounce the nation as Ivanting honour or patriotism ; sueh do not know the Greeks, or, fioni disappointed hopes, detract from their merits. They judge the nation by those they meet with in Napoli and the seaports; men who, having spent their lives in Europe, have adopted European vices; they do not look at the character of the peasantry—of the moun taineers--they do not take into consideration that Greece has, for four hundred years, been crushed under the weight of a despotism more grinding than that of the West India slave system. Jut I say, and without fear of contradiction, that- the modern Greek, notwithstand ing his life of slavish oppression is a more virtuous, pleasing character th en th e Sicilian, the Italian, the Spaniard, or the Russian ; and that he has more , shrewdness and 'quickness, and es much talent, as the native of any other part of Europe. It is curious to hear the relation of the wanderings of one of them; there is in the same house with me, an old Greek, who I delight much to talk with ; he is a .man of tried courage and covered with wounds; he has fought with the Mamelukes Egypt; he served as a Cossack and fought with the Russums, followed them to Paris, wandered in every corner Of Europe, knovi's the character of all its nations; he has been a most shrewd observer of men and manners; such a man is a pre.ciotte volume, out of which one may glean much valuable matter; it is his pride to boast that neither he nor his father e ver paid tribute to the Turks; that he has killed them on every occasion, and that he left a Major's commiesion in the Russian army to come and fight as a common soldier for his country. Perhaps I weary you with these details, but I ass ure you, could you hear them from his mouth, Kau Would never t i re . L ast n i g h t , talking over with him t e clouded pi ospeets of the country, I said to him--" Well! we will stand it out to the last, and when all is over, we shall go together to America." The old man's eye flashed fire, then melted—a tear ob scured it—" No," said he, " save yourself; go and live beloved in that happrland of liberty ; but I, I have drawn my sword for my country, and I swear that when she fulls, I ►will sheath it in my own bosom"— Boston Courier. A CAUTION. We noticed some weeks since, the commitment to Bridewell of an adrOit Beotch lad, named George M`Pherson, who had been remarkably successful in levying Contributions on gentlemen from the North, by pretending to be friendless, and to be in need of a few shillings to complete his outfit for sea, and by showing off an ,unusual share of morality and of ad attachment to the manners of his Highland forefathers. Though taken straitway from Fleet-street before the Justice at Guildhall, half-a-dozen instances of his success were related by persons who hap pened, to be present, and among the host of his bendie r tors was the Alderman himself (Sir Peter Laurie), at whose house he had appeared in an accurate 'Highland Costume, and to whom he had declared, upon its being hinted he would not find employ here in that garb, that he would" dee before he wad tak to the, breeks." This youth is now at large, and there is reason to suspect he has resumed his old practices, as hai been noticed in different dresses by the police, and was last seen, a few days ago, in Cheapside, in the attire of a dashing Mid shipman. Sir Peter Laurie being of opinion that he could not have started in and pursued his career 'of imposition unaided, directed that he should be sifted While in the prison as to his connexions, and it was drawn from him, at different times that he was born at Inverness, about 16 years ago and that his father, a tailor, in Portray,in the Isle of Skye dying four years since, Geordie was compelled to becOme a shepherd boy, 'on the estate of Mr. M‘Donnell, in Skye. Two years afterwards, through the death of his mother and his master, he was thrown friendless upon the world, and his uncle, a tailor, who lived in a not or i ous nest o f pro fligacy, Essex-st reet , Whitechapel, wrote to him to come to London. . Here he had been but a few days when his uncle also died, leaving, however, nothing behind him to assist our hero, but his wearing apparel and 20s. With this little capital ho commenced Orange vender, but he had not' followed this occupation:long, when a lad of the name of Dixon, who was about his own age, and who had been his constant companion since his sojourn in London, inferined him he could put him in an easy way of getting money without working. This tempting offer Geordie accepted with gratitude, and declared himself en tirely under the direction of his friend, who produced a Court Guide, and, opened his plan of dividing the metro pOlis into districts, and picking out the addresses of per sons within the division they chose to perambulate each day, upon whom they would call, the one in the character of a ship-wrecked and distressed sailor boy, in want of a few shillings to refit him for service, the other as a friend less, pennyless Highland land, come to London to seek employ, in danger of perishing for want, and anxious only to get back to Scotland. The scheme was tried, and succeeded beyond expecta tion, for they generally shared from 7s. to 20s. a-day, be sides gifts of clothes, &e. Geordie says, he has seen from five to ten pounds at a time in the possession of his 'com panion, who secreted his money in a belt worn round his body next the skin. M'Pherson sometimes himself pre tended to desire to go to sea, and the gentlemen who were prepossessed with hib very respectful demeanour, and his seeming youth, piety, and innocence, occasionally accompa nied their donations with arecommendation to the Marine So ciety, which recommendation he, of course, burnt at his earliest convenience. One of these he received from the Rev. Mr. Budd, the Chaplain to Bridewell, who had re peatedly before relieved him with money.' From, a Mr. Campbell, Geordie obtained money seven or eight times, and a friend of Mr. C.'s presented him with a sovereign. -- Mr. Blades, of Ludgate-hill, and Mr. Simpson, the tea dealer, in New Bridge -street, were anteing the number 'of individuals upon whom be bad suceisiculty practised. The gains of the clay were dissipatedat night in the flash bowies Whiteehapel, and Dixon, he says, is such en adept in his line that he has long been enabled to " keep his blowing." So far goes Geordie's confessions, but no doubt he his observed the Poet's advice— " Ay free, aff ban' your story tell, When svi' a bosom crony ; But still kelp something to yourael' Vs scarcely tell to ony." . _ Dixon. is not unknown to the City police. Ha was once brought before Alderman Atkins as an impostor, at the instance Of Mr. FelloWea„ jun. of Mderagate-street, whom .he accosted in Chen side with a Motirrifril tale Of having been cast away on the coast of Yorkshire, and left destitute of a change of clothing and necessaries, when he had actually. received' a liberal donation from him a few weeks before, upon the faith of a story of having been wrecked upon the coast of . Holland. - Dixon told the Alderman he was a native of, and had just come from Nig wash in Canada; and,Was unknown in this country; but the worthy Alderman insi s t e d that he came from York shire, and assured him that his mother had put a burr in his throat which all his artifice would never disguise. He was at that time supposed to be a runaway apprentice from some north country coasting vessel, and, after being de tained about a week, was discharged. THE ARMY. LIHIMICK, Dxc. 16.—This day, the Non-commissioned Offi cers, and entire Band and %glee of his Majesty's 24th Regi ment, dressed in the new military clothing, beat up for r ecru i ts througk.this city, to replace a few men lately discharged on some pensions. This ,Regiment is considered so favourite a corps, that Wore it reaehed the bridge, nearly the umber required, offered. The first division of the 10th Regiment of Poot, three com panies, under 'the command of Major Grieve, 'marched this morning for ButtevAnt, previous to embarking at Cove for fo reign service. Pour Companies of the 66th Regiment from Birr, marched in here yesterday, under the command of Major Baird. They will occupy the Candle Barracks. The Depot of the 86th Regimeng, tinder. Captain Stuart, marched hence, for Roserea, on Aloil‘,7, to relieve put of the 66th Regiment. Captain W. Ill'Leant, and company 6th Regiment, marched from Cashel,.yesterday morning for Dublin. bnaLtu, Dec. 22. , --The 58th is detached at Wicklow, Car low, Athy, and Maryborough. The 17th Foot have left blullingar for Trim. A detachment of 200 men from the depot of the Bad Regiment, at present in Boyle, marched for Newry, on Monday, preparatory to embarkation for Jamaidi. This detachment will he accompa nied .by the following Officers :-....Captain UNell, , Lieutenants Norton, Fisk, Robinson, Markle; and Doctor King. The 73d are to be stationed at Waterford, Duncannon Fort, : Wexford, and Kilkenny. The Recruiting 'Establishthint in the County Mayo is broken up, and. Lieutenant Sadlier, 87th Regiment, bee been removed to Tralest, to replace Li eu t enant Byrnes, Sitth, who is ordered to join his regiment. The Castlam. Sub-division has been joined to that of Intim, and both are now under the superintendence of Lieutenant Dunham, 15th Regiment. The 15th Foot, in Galway, 'And 15th Regiment, in Castlebar, are reported for imnlediate service. SygotaLAtt BET.—A gentleman in this town haa, for a bet of 204 undertaken to walk backwards 20 miles in five aueeepive hour*, over a half-aide piece of ground an the Stret. ford-road, on Tuesday next.-... Manchester Gazette. FIRE AT PRE STON .—B etween fi re a nd six o 'clock this mornings fire broke out in the factory of Messrs. Sleddon, North-road, and burnt with such fury, that in about two or three h ou rs, the whole of the , x tensive promises, with the exception of about three rooms and the steam engine at the south end, have been totally destroyed. All the town engines were in prompt at tendance, but the conflagration spread so rapidly that their efforts were almost unavailing. The fire, i said, oreulioned by an accidental explosion of the gaipipes. We have no time for further pluticuturs, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ' FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Quotidienne.) MADRID, DEC. 12.—(Private correspondence).—The day after his arrival at Madrid, the King reviewed all the Spanish troops who were in that capital. The Marquis of Zambrano s Minister of War ' was at the head of the ca valry of the guaill, The satisfaction his Majesty enjoyed at the sight of this fine troop was remarked by all the at tendants. It is to M. de Zambrano that we are indebted for the brilliant state of the Royal Guard, and of the army in general; he has achieved this prodigy in spite of the embarrassed state of the Royal Treasury. With respect to the militia, thanks to the efforts of M. de San Roman, they are completely organized, and ready to march, in case of necessity. This troop is composed chiefly of veteran officers and soldiers of the army which fought for indepen dence, so that it might easily be transformed into a regular troop. Many regiments have been marched' towards the iron tier of Portugal, to form there a military line. It - ap pears that it is the intention of our Government to have ~ upon :this - point a 164 of 10,000 men, of whom 3,000 are of...th e . Guard' Royal. Th ese f orces will form two divisions, of which one will garrison the fron tier of the kingdom of Galicia, and the other the fron tier'. of Estremadura. Generals D'Espagne and Seed . field are designed for the command of these two divisions. The last news we receivgd from Portugal confirms the account of the victorious march of the Marquis de Chaves upon Oporto. The Royalists have experienced no other resistance beyond that which was opposed to them at Bra gauze. We learn that their number increases every day; at their approach .every country rises cn masse; the pea smart arm themselves ; there only remain old men to guard the houses. The weak detachments of Constitutionalists, which are not rallied under the banners of Don Miguel, find themselves cut off from retreat, and edged in between the Royalists and the armed peasantry. Such is the cri tical position of Generals Claudi no an d C o r rea M e ll o, w h o, in the early part of December,wandered with some soldiers upon the right bank of the Douro, without the means of crossing it, the inhabitantifaf the left bank having with drawn every means of embarkation. All retreat upon Oporto being impossible on account or the insurrections of the inhabitants, the two Constitutional Chiefs must ne cessarily lay down their arms. According taucconnts - from Lisbon that capital was, on the 6th, in the .greatest tonfusion. Every one, dreading the .fature, was endeavouring to qu it a c ity w hi c h in a few days might become the scene of the most terrible catas-. trophes. The Princess Regent had formally refused 'Oa asylum which had been offered to her on board the English vessels; she had even declared her formal intention . of retiring to the Empress, her mother. I can confidently predict that the defection will be general in the army, and even in the Come, as soon as the Marquis of Chaves shall have arrived within 2.5 or 30 leagues of Lisbon. Then we shall see renewed the scenes of 1823; every one will en deavour to treat with him, except, perhaps, the men who, too openly attached to the English party, have so far com promised themselves as to be under the necessity of leaving the country. Some menacing words which, it is said, escaped Mr. Lamb, lead to the belief that England wishes to profit from the patristic ardour of the Portuguese, by attributing to us its cause and its consequences; but we persist in be lieving that the French Government, the natural ally of ours, will not deceive itself upon th e t oo v i s ibl e i n t ent i ons of the Cabinet of St. James's. If England persists in ren dering us responsible for what passes in Portugal, your Government (at least, so we hope) would assist us to re ply to our common and perpetual enemy. It will not for get that, in more than one circum s t ance , Sp a i n compro mised ' its own interests by remaining faithful to those of France. Europe knows that, for these three years, we supported patiently all the political insults of which it pleased England to render us the • victims. To an noy us, she recognised the independence of our co lonies, after having furnished succours of every kind to the insurgents of those countries; expeditions - piepared on her soil, and paid by her agents, invaded our coasts; it is to England that we are indebted for having sego the flag of anarchy wave over us, when no act On our part had *yoked such hostilities. Not only we did not complain, but our Government pretended to be ignorant of the real cause of these attacks. What, then, can England 'allege against our Sovereign whose conduct has been so noble and so forbearing ? Will she reproach him for having wished to preserve us from the evils which the political revolution of Portugal might bring on Spain ? But since, in 1823, England gathered upon her vessels and upon her soil, Mina and other Spanish Revolutionists, have we not a right, in our turn, to give an asylum, in 1826, to the Portuguese Royalists ? It is possible that our enemies may attack us, that our allies may abandon us; that they may take fro us some portion of our ter ritory; but th at w hi c h they' cannot take away is the justice of our cause, and the pride of our character. United in inclination and opinion with its Sovereig n , the Spani s h nation, always re mem b er i ng t h e war of in dependence, will remain faithful to its religious principles, and to its national glory. There is much talk here of an energetic declaritiOn addressed by our Sovereign to all the Cabinets of Europe, which the King, fully recognizing the great service ren dered to him by France i n deliV er i ng hi m from the Cortes, invokes the 'generous support of the King against the double menace of England and the revolution. (From the Courier Francais of Saturday, Dec. 23.) DRC. 22 .--EMRARRASSED COUNTENANCE OP THE 1111NIRTR1'.--Cl U r Ministry is not gay, notwithstand ing the efforts which they make to appear united and firm. They are agitated by melancholy forebodings, and conceal .the symptoms of some internal malady; they do not sneer their jotirnals any longer to speak, as if apprehensive. of some indiscretion on their part. They hardly speak themselVes • or, if they d o , t h ey take the !aconite! M. de Dames for their mouth-piece, who, forgetting that he is no longer in the Service of Ituisia, congratulates England in his speech, for having gloriously fought aga i nst us d ur i ng twenty-five years. He has even the goodness to promise to us similar success, if, ever we should be called upon to defend the same' principles in our turn. - - A compliment more or less is of no consequence when ..our,new allies are to be caressed, who, however, evince no great anxiety to return the compliment to our Ministers. But what ,ean M. de Dames mean ? H ave enig mas come into fashion?, Are they to sup e r se d e di p l oma t ic se crets, which l‘fr. Canning let , out a little by severe ex hortations to misgoverning kings ? Against whom are we to wage se tedious a war as that which England carried on against ourselves ? Where is Legitimacy endangered, if not in Portugal, where Chaves attacks them sword in hand, or in Spain, where the Apos tolics sometimes exclaiin, for the sake of passing time Long live Charles V !" instead of "Long live Ferdi. nand VIL" - The defence of Portugal has been left to the English; „nothing is required of us but to cause the Charter to b e recognized, and the frontiers of that country to be respect ed by King Ferdinand, who is to remain for some time under- our ..fri ..danee, if he succeed in appeasing the ven geance of England, and our just reaentment. According to M. de Dammed free!), we have but one. chance of an enemy—of a declared enemy, since we have already recalled our Ambaasador, namely Spain, should she persist in refusing to give satisfaction to England, to Portugal, and to our selves, all thre e ma k e common cause Portugal, tog etherand of t o preventthe consequen ces o f h er h ost i lity aga i nst her scorn of fl own councils. But should such -a struggle break out, and should we re main linked with I. , :riglan& and Portugal as we now are, and form a triple alliance against Spain, we have already 111 the principal fortresses, as Thus it is not probable that this E th n e g a la advantage an d ta oe g s e e o i t bra cr tar cu . struggle against Spanish Absolution . and Apostolicism should last as many years as that of the Cabinet of London against the French Revolution did. So much thebettot For England finds already that Pitt and Castlereagh her pay somewhat dearly, for. that glory. ,to which M. do Damao permits us . to aspire. - During all thatglory 11 ) (1 had our share of it, which most of those who now calum. niate us thought brit too brilliant, and which M. de Dst°' must have surely heard them talk of in the Russian camp. But really we have no occasion to envy or' to reproduce the glory of any one. Every body has his own in his turn, p . er• haps even M. de Dumas, when he hastened, to d tamps* in Catalonia, which, together with the protection of h. de Chateaubriand, whom he succeeded, procured him the office which seems to embarrass him so much under M. de Villele's supremacy. Our Ministry, which does not seem a your one either to France, upon whom it pressed already so long owl su heavily, resembles much those young girls who moil against their inclinations, but who resign themselves fur fear of being deprived of their portion • they grow melan choly and - silent after their wedding, which they scarce Villele had married Mr. Canning, dare to acknowledge. We might almost say, M. e ill calculated for the match, which produced already guch high words. The colleagues of • M. de .Villele, who do not appea!;,,, t ! have been initiated into the secret; have some little ( 1 ,1, culty to pronounce the word alliance with England. why should they feel so awkward if the conditions of tn,t' t contract are useful and honourable ? Why not `rho them to the Chamber for extunination, and to France, ich would judge them in the last instance ? and that he felt himself CORK CITY ELECTION. FitinAY.L-The Gross Poll Iris . on the eve ning d the instant, as fo llows Mr. Hutchinson ................................. 9I 2 Mr. Callaghan . ................. .......... 649 Majority for Mr. Hutchinson......... 63 of. Bandon Bridge, held at the Town -----=------- BANDON ELECTION. 0 ............................... 1, At a meeting of the Provost and Free Burgesses of the Boroug h the 19th instant, Lord John Russell having been proposed by th ' Hon. W. S. Bernard, and seconded by the Rev. Robert I%levie, was unanitnotoly elected to represent that Etorough in Parliament, in the place of Lord Duncannon, who was lately fleeted fo same, and also for the County of Kilkenny, fur which he jade his election.—Cork • bon.— Cork Morning Chronicle. Clerk's Office, on noe* SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• LLOYD'S.--(TIIIS DAY.) fro D in g sAiL , err D a A Leone. Arrived apd sai rri kl v i ed , , th th e e: i r i a t:o i ri ga s tir t i r o s , n S 9p c , P ,: t t , from London to Lisbon. thi A giSiOg POILTSMOUTH,DLC. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Arriveur 51, sun, Budd, from Seville; and the March, Robertson, frWit Michael's. Sailed, his Majesty's ship Spartiate and the tranir r Helen, Crown, Christopher, Edward, Reg 'O Re 'OA wi th tills and horses, for Lisbon. Argun FALMOUTH, Elitc..23..—Wind W,N.W. Affirm, 114 ^ • Forster, from Miramichi. Sailed, the Marcbione. 411 t i l e ; bury packet, Hannah, for Vera Crus; and the liniuh a t it Crofter, for the Leeward Islands. gidoesr• Gnavxsyxn, Dac. 23 and 21,.--Arrived, theat Fanny, Thistle, Don, X. L., and Commercial Pack'" all ' fr% St. Petersburgh ; the Amethyst, Thompson, from QkiebeAe; a nd the Julia, Malin, from Tunis. Sailed, the Seppinga, Lel a It Ceylon ; Duke of York, Atowle, for Lisbon ; Favourite, Ftlera_ leans; Princess Charlotte, for Havannah ; Ann, Edkin, for Pernambuco; Tropi Al' sou, for Jamaica; and Sir D. Ogilby, Savage, fur N a ples. or. Lummox., Dzc. 23.—Arrived, the Peru, from is ' vf l 4; and William Young, Morrison, from Calcutts. T h. the White, feorn,Liverpool for Boston, was on shore near latter port, wrecked, and the cargo gagellitaP la g . `" APKean, from Calcutta , tailed Jwol, A FRIGHTFUL CASE OF IIYDROI'IIOI3IA. a c l o t t i t s r our pa i n f u l t a sk to r elate an ---- - own immediate vicinity, of this dreadful moistly, in th© person of a labouring man of the name of Eve, residing iu West anningfield. The wound, it appears, OcciirreqU'r, in Our so long since as the latter end of June last, hy a little dng which the sufferer accidentally ceressed as lie IV A 9 sitting 011 the near the Ship publichouse, in it:: ground eating his breakfset, when thp Animal steldeoly bit him on the upper lip, and immediately ran off: its next out by object of attack was a sow which fell a sacri fi ce to 0 nary, was afantedrwntiriedhs ptoursbouediamanedotdedes,trtohyorlo. 0 dreadful malady at the end of about nine weeks. TOO/ es } To r il is i h et o c r i remedies_ were resorted to till after the lapse of three or four d a ys (the poor sufferer's apprehension fui to the no ture of the wound not being sooner excited), eiel that wliV i r appriaed of his danger, that he should have resorted fl. cure or , preventive to one of those delusive antidotes he.l;! specific remedies for the prevention of this most iirt a k 0 ignorant persons, who pretend to be furnished %sciiriui of human maladies, but which continues to defy . the " ' Melly ri 1, of the most enlightened part of the profession. r•l of Great Baddow, in whose employ Eve has been a.., ten years, and who speak` of him as one of his best f ri ll" Iltocaisl oerltgratnellris' -1 most i n dustrious l a bourers, observed his health declinij, o fo o r s m several medi eo we b e o ks o p .o as o t t , h n o • t h l ioclsijohge: astttirlill:thitoewd,eti,o,erth, e t p v,, e i r c i' ,u i _ t. hu i ; following evening (Sundeafry)o,,,t.rlh,dhititneidficobrtisbibtrepoptffitennmetlplaico_inairseryd;enftgicieelnate.oesenri.ll.l, tinned active in his employ so late as last Saturday. tin' 1 h a l "Thendorntotaptnhhdoe_bmelliass:eirteereosniefeitrxtehhihPet'b,foitlwenlodixeisneg daY, from an d w ith pain in the head and drowsiil which giddiness,he thought he was relieved by a little refresh languor.ee, tended by sore n e ss and a slight stricture 11l the throat, o ministered medicine. Froin this phis sufferinogolsig of dually increased, until the more dreadful i s t f tb an Putt twelve a medical gentleman was called in, who bled him! siarda: o m f ig r h e t ig be re u u sed on Y i BMW : P i n i al: a n l b e ll : ac t e tk t eel'r and lt t tlah o dna dni (request, yae4luit strictu reoHith,, remediesit h e a l ndt by ° , 31 i 7 e et r g thil g n elt° l e h a ts I d h n nrci t '°" l e a ut e t t t.°lhain n ; declared 91' o bicei r rerns c esi i tbsc b s'e°1‘ i elibn s cr ecytt m le'(t):6leitt e g i 'll o silla i vs h ° : lt°l ' i t . vulsioris became A$ be approa by pain in the ebes ,Len suffered, and, liquids of any kind appeared to e xcite snos',"`" w idth t v h n e lsions; strong opiate injections were resortea to, :f a piety, ch for e titu d todaiaradni:ireeiejignul,sitib.oen,sP:lev.enilLe, less frequent, and less s evere; a nd he sank, complete about exhaustion. This truly pitiable object, al'Priir the evinpcetlr°l4-ress of the disease, and almost to the last rap s '. sened to beholders the fri hf 1 malady der whi ch at to this period of the disease, even tliir,se.gon. gtu un mind fi r at the same time, he displayed a --, lot superior to that station in which he moved. 0 1 4 0 im: k t iea o bp w iray h ie i s c ae h .tew t n h rt e breath bemoaned the situation of his " poor 'wife all ..„; a r helpless children • " these, he hoped, would be cooni, own by the parish to which they belonged, or, to use i , Thewn words, " that they would not be hard %Too t ha t. stand to be Great Waltham. Dr. Badeley, the instant to haswu informed of the case, with that liberality whi ch „ o , withwparish theiinvariably nt, but hastened to the afflicted object, as did s•v e ,,', toother equally well-disposed medical gentlemen f ro g ' t ats .. ,ti with and other parts in the vicinity of the cottage; dip ehdP3(,:rthme aptiaobre,lodnidge:l,:t we ue skii: , ,but their availed him nothing. It has been repeatedly rec motive, b wended,.- i that excision of the wounded part ehould be very sarlYl:i sorted to; little or no reliance must be placed on gene • calremedies, aid:cannot be directly procured, the best immediae, means would he assiduously to wash the wound with Or water ; and the patient is also recOMMended to sock the part, or some one for them (in which there is 6.. : - mates, after the bite of a venomous serpent.--Cliellaha° Chronicle. as practised by the natives 'of hot ele f